The Personality Types and Desired Career Fields of Pharmacy Students

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the personality types and most desired career fields of pharmacy students. In this study, 31 first-year students, 28 third-year transfer students, and 32 fifth-grade students were analyzed, and 60.4% were female. Of 91 subjects, the introversion-sensing-thinking-judging (ISTJ) type was the most common, followed by introversion-sensing-thinking-perceiving (ISTP) and extraversion-sensing-thinking-judging (ESTJ). Thirty-five percent of first-graders, 42.9% of third-graders, and 53.1% of fifth-graders were extroverts and 64.5% of first-graders, 71.4% of thirdgraders, and 68.8% of fifth-graders belonged to the “sensing” personality type. Seventy-one percent of first-graders, 60.7% of third-graders, and 75% of fifth-graders belonged to the “thinking” type. Of 41 students wishing to work at community pharmacies, 51.2% were extroverts, 70.7% were “sensing,” 63.4% were “thinking,” and 51.2% were the “judging” type. Of 32 students who preferred hospital pharmacy, 40.6% were extroverts, 71.9% were “sensing,” 81.3% were “thinking,” and 53.1% were the “judging” type. Of 11 students wishing to work in pharmaceuticals, 36.4% were extroverts, 63.6% were “sensing,” 63.6% were “thinking,” and 72.7% were the “perceiving” type. Of seven students who preferred public institutions, 71.4% were introverts. When analyzing the correlation between personality types and the most desired career fields, no statistical significance was observed.